"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, Imports from old blogs, Photo entries, Super-Short Entries on Dec 6th, 2005
Heh. So, remember that orange blouse I posted a few weeks ago? Turns out I had scanned the pattern envelope a while back. So, here’s a picture of the original rendition of it, from 1948. I think I am going to make up the cap-sleeved version of it sometime. That would be style B for […]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Imports from old blogs on Sep 23rd, 2005
a big legged woman ain’t got no soul” Whether or not I’ve got a soul is well up for debate, but a pair of big legs I most certainly have, thanks to German heritage and a bicycling addiction. I’m making myself a new pair of jeans. I had a pattern that seemed to have potential, […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Distractions, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Imports from old blogs on Jul 15th, 2005
We had the first organizational meeting for the fashion show last night and it was…interesting. It’s basically going to be like a 2-hour-long performance arts binge with fashion stuff thrown into the mix. Modern dance. Fire spinners. Unicyclists. Acrobats. Wearable sculpture. Rollerskaters. Apparently, there’s going to be a kinetic fabric background which the models will […]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, Imports from old blogs on Jul 8th, 2005
Totally out of nowhere, I was just invited to participate in a local fashion show at the Fringe Festival. This guy I talked to for about half an hour two years ago remembered me and my weirdass clothes and thought my stuff would be great for the show he’s getting together. Apparently his main partner […]
Posted in bike commuting, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Imports from old blogs on Jun 14th, 2005
I’m making some new pants. I’ve been looking sad and raggedy for months, and working on other people’s shit, and I finally got my slate clear and cut out a new pair of pants yesterday. I’ve got the fronts stitched together, the fly in and pockets on, and I’ve prepped all the rest of the […]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, Imports from old blogs on Feb 28th, 2005
I tried on this jacket on Saturday, for shits and giggles, and my GAWD, I haven’t tried on anything so flattering since this one time I was trying on Betsey Johnson dresses for a lark and hit upon one which was disgustingly perfect. I’ve totally got to make something like this for myself. Idiot that […]
Posted in Cats, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Imports from old blogs on Jan 8th, 2005
Fashion-forward Griswald examines upcoming trends and confirms that black “is the new black.” Expanding upon the trend, he predicts that Michelle will soon have a kilt-pleated skirt trimmed around the hem and on the hipline yoke with soft black tulle and embellished with a light flocking of cat-hair. –“the new black” Why can’t they say, […]